Sri Lanka's telecom market: moving ahead and preparing to level up?

Published: 2014-10-13

This article explores the development of Sri Lanka's telecommunications sector (i.e. fixed telephony, fixed broadband and mobile services) between 2007 and 2013, highlighting the key changes that occurred in the sector especially after the end of the civil war in 2009. We divided the article into three parts: a short overview of the country's socio-economic and telecommunications landscape, followed by the discussion of key 2007-2013 developments and ending with an outlook, attempting to answer the key question of whether Sri Lanka's telecoms market has indeed moved ahead and is now preparing to level up?